Adam Granduciel Quotes

You have to deal with your emotions and not spike too much on the graph - not get too elated with the highs or too down with the lows.

Success and failure are emotional and physiological experiences. We need to deal with them in a way that is present and calm.

I'm trying to stay as calm as possible and focus one day at a time, but when reality sets in, I feel everything: anxiety, excitement, nerves, pressure and joy.

Your emotions are very unstable and should never be the foundation for direction in your life.

The only thing to know is how to use your neurosis.

Once you know the emotional building blocks of anxiety, you can influence them.

You have to find ways to find that center, to find that balance, to find sanity, because again, we are getting bigger, and people look at us that way. We have to find that new balance.

You need to know that you cannot control your feelings, and you cannot control your feelings about your feelings, but, as best as you can, intellectually understand that your feelings are valid and they're okay and don't try to stifle them or feel shame about them.

You can feel up, you can feel down, and you have to keep your emotions kind of somewhere to be focused on the next ball.

I'm learning what triggers me. What to stay away from. What I do like and what I don't like. To me, I've learned so much about myself that now I'm a stronger person. But I still deal with anxiety. Anxiety doesn't go away.

I try to take my emotional pulse more now, to recognize when I need to go scream and cry for 20 minutes and then come back to center. Allowing yourself that time, it's a gift.

I've learned that you simply can't control those bad vibes.

People don't just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness.

When sadness happens in the middle of work, I separate my personal grief from my train of thought.

Whenever I'm having a bad day and have an attitude, I stay home. I keep it at home.

I don't torture myself.

I'm a very emotional person. If I've got something on my mind, that would stop me from giving my best.

It is clear to me that one of the biggest obstacles we face as human beings is the pain we put ourselves through when we resist and wrestle with our emotions.

Learn to take responsibility for emotions, and to manage energies, always working within present resources.

I have to leave the games now if the announcer says something I don't agree with. I'm thinking, 'Peyton, it is not healthy to be all worked up before a game.'

I was mad until I was about 25. Completely out of control with my emotions. Everything that happened to me was a tragedy. I've been much happier over 25.

Emotions are products of our mind, and we can actually train ourselves to choose whether we banish or embrace them.

We need to know how we are feeling. Mindfully acknowledging our feelings serves as an 'emotional thermostat' that recalibrates our decision making. It's not that we can't be anxious, it's that we need to acknowledge to ourselves that we are.

It's soothing to realize that my mind's processes are inherently uncontrollable.

I found out that I couldn't have a nervous breakdown. I tried a couple of times, but it just didn't work out. My mind, my body wouldn't let me.